439 Anastasia Zadeik
Stories that Empower
Anastasia is a writer, editor, and storyteller. She shares her second novel, The Other Side of Nothing. Anastasia talks about mental health and approaching it with grace and compassion. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: be willing to be vulnerable and raw tell your story from a place of truth and authenticity look for the signs of mental health ask "how are you feeling today?" what's on the surface may not be what's going on give people some grace tags: Anastasia Zadeik, writer, editor, storyteller, The Other Side of Nothing, story, stories, that, empower,...
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438 Claudia Marseille
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At age four, Claudia Marseille was diagnosed with a severe hearing loss. With determination and the help of powerful hearing aids, she learned to hear, speak and lipread. Claudia realized she needed to find a profession more compatible with severe hearing loss. So, she turned to her early love, the visual arts. Claudia promotes compassion and understanding for those with hearing loss and those with differences. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: promote compassion and understanding for those with hearing loss tell others if we have a hearing loss wear the hearing aids all...
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437 Chrissy Holm
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436 Bryon Ehlmann
Stories that Empower
Bryon worked in industry doing computer systems research and development and in academia. Retiring early, he has applied his computer science mentality—an analytical, logical, and, ideally, open mind—to psychology, dreams, near-death experiences, philosophy, and religion, focusing on the Big Questions about life and reality. This effort has, so far, culminated in his book, titled "A Natural Afterlife Discovered". Bryon shares this nugget of wisdom: if you have an idea, stick with it and don't give up. tags: Bryon Ehlmann, author, A Natural Afterlife Discovered, story,...
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435 Debra Borchert
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Debra shares how, through determination and persistence, she enabled her career to transition from modeling, acting, marketing, company spokesperson to present day, where she is passionate to be a writer. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: celebrate everything take a risk be persistent celebrate our feelings, like sorry or despair allow yourself to have a meltdown tags: Debra Borchert, author of historical fiction, Chateau de Verzat series, Her Own War, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging,...
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434 Sophia Kouidou-Giles
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In the process of digging and sorting, she uncovered a deeper understanding of adult relationships and found resolution. Today, Sophia feels accepted and feels like she belongs. She is proud to be back home in Greece with family and friends. we can make peace and let go when we harbor a question that is personal, we should get persistent about identifying the underlying reason persistence and questioning is a good thing tags: Sophia Kouidou-Giles, award winning author, child welfare, practitioner, educator, researcher and administrator, story, stories, that, empower,...
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433 Becky Whetstone
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Having experienced a challenging marriage, Becky turned to a marriage therapist. However, this does not meet her needs. She felt there was a void, so Becky embarked on a journey to become a marriage and family therapist herself. By practicing compassion and authenticity, she helps couples or families that seek therapy. Becky shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: give ourselves permission be true to ourselves if you feel hopeless, don't stop looking for information knowledge can change everything tags: Becky Whetstone, PhD, Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Coach...
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432 Wen Peetes
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Wen is a survivor of trauma and abuse. She talks about how she felt divine energy. This enabled Wen to experience joy that delivered her from the darkest of times. She bloomed into the courageous being that she is today, where she is able to help other souls. Wen shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: everything about our story makes sense be curious to ask questions our brains enable us to stay in a protective space until we are ready to handle it we are worthy regardless of our beginnings listen in to ourselves we can focus and be deliberate about what we think practice...
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431 Mark David Gerson
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After experiencing some bumps initially in his career, Mark David found his soul work in writing. He found himself back in the flow and his life began to have purpose again. Mark David shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: there's always a chance for good news tomorrow strive to live from a place of intuition and higher wisdom find our own way trust in the infinite the miracles always show up trust and follow the voice tags: Mark David Gerson School of Writing, award-winning author, accomplished screenwriter, coach, counselor, mentor, story, stories, that, empower,...
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430 Joan Koster
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Growing up as a shy child, Joan found comfort in reading and books. Today, she brings light to and writes about amazing/forgotten women. Joan shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: the importance of reading reading is a way to travel and to walk in others' shoes reading teaches us tags: Joan Koster, writer, author, historical fiction about forgotten women, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,
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After Carlyn's divorce, she experienced insomnia, anxiety and depression. Initially, her affair with "Ben & Jerry" (as in the ice cream) helped her deal with it. It was actually her strong and deep relationship with her pets that helped her cope, deal, recover and heal. Carlyn is one of the leading experts on animal human health connections. Her advice to those experiencing a loss: become mindful and express gratitude. Carlyn shares this wisdom to pet owners: let's adjust our mindset to we are the guardians of these animals, our companion animals are so much more than pets, they can be our best health and wellness allies, helping us be more mindful and improve/transform our lives.
CARLYN MONTES DE OCA is an author, speaker, acupuncturist and plant-based nutritional consultant. A former film editor on such movies as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Three Men and a Little Lady, Carlyn holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in communication arts and a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Emperor’s College. She is also certified in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies at Cornell University. Montes De Oca was voted PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 and has been a spokesperson for the Guardian Campaign at In Defense of Animals. Today, she is also the founder of The Animal-Human Health Connection, whose focus is to bring awareness to the many powerful ways that animals enhance human health, happiness, and longevity. Montes De Oca lives in Santa Fe with her husband, Ken, an award-winning sound editor, and her beloved rescue animals.
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